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UK support organisation the Independent Cinema Office (ICO) has launched a new revenue-sharing virtual platform for independent cinemas. The platform, named The Cinema of Ideas, provides curated events, talks and screenings, which can be provided virtually to the audiences of … Continued
The UK Global Screen Fund is making a mark on the Croisette through its support of two British films that illustrate perfectly the fund’s international focus. Source: How the Global Screen Fund is supporting two Cannes-bound British films | Features … Continued
Leading UK filmmakers and executives in the UK film industry have reacted with dismay and concern to the prospect of a privatised Film4, the film arm of UK public service broadcaster Channel 4. Source: “Incredibly short-sighted”: UK industry reacts to … Continued
UK filmmaker Menelik Shabazz, known as a pioneer in the development of contemporary Black British cinema, has died aged 67. Shabazz’s death was confirmed to Screen by his daughter, film curator Nadia Denton, who said he died in Zimbabwe of diabetes-related complications. … Continued
Cinemas throughout Germany reopened on July 1 after being closed for eight months due to the pandemic. 22 distributors have lined-up more than 25 films for release including the Oscar-winning Nomadland (Disney); Maria Schrader’s Berlinale prize-winner I’m Your Man (Majestic/Paramount) … Continued
The British Film Institute (BFI) has compiled a list of guidelines for UK professionals heading to the Cannes Film Festival in France next month. Source: https://www.screendaily.com/news/
The British Film Institute (BFI) has appointed former All3Media and Endemol Shine executive Denitsa Yordanova as head of the recently-launched UK Global Screen Fund. Starting on July 12, Yordanova will lead the promotion, delivery and growth of the Fund, which … Continued
A decision by France to impose a seven-day quarantine on people arriving from the UK due to fears over the Indian Covid-19 variant that has been detected in the UK has further complicated the plans by the country’s film industry to … Continued
Tim Richards, CEO of European cinema chain Vue, and Clare Binns, joint managing director of the UK’s Picturehouse Cinemas, have pledged to work closely with distributors as cinemas reopen in the UK over the next few months and have each … Continued
Neil Peplow, director of industry and international at the British Film Institute (BFI), has outlined in detail how companies can access the new £7m UK Global Screen Fund (GSF), the creation of a UK version of Unifrance, and a summit … Continued